We believe that in order to make work that is intense, vital and relevant, you need more than one type of person.
Of course, much of what we do is built around creating thrilling musical performances, but musicians and composers never work alone. Collaboration is in our DNA.
Manchester Collective are musicians, but also producers, dancers and film-makers. We are recording engineers. We are copy-writers and fundraisers, directors, commissioners and choreographers. We are composers. (So many composers). We are electronic musicians, programmers, photographers and researchers.
The work that we do, we do together. It’s our greatest strength, and the future of our sector.
Management
Linda Begbie Chief Executive
Rakhi Singh Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director
Jasmin Kent Rodgman Co-Artistic Director
Declan Kennedy Concerts & Planning Director
Joanne Karcheva Brand & Communications Director
Pareesa Tai Marketing Coordinator
Maddie Castell Head of Press (RDMR)
Malcolm Pitcher Administrator (volunteer)
Alex Mayer Fundraising Consultant (freelance)
Tom Spurgin Researcher*
*In partnership with Sheffield Performer and Audience Research Centre and University of York
Board
David McKeith (Chair) Non-Executive Director and acting-Chair, Norcos PLC; chartered accountant; former Chair, Hallé Orchestra
Jo Holden Head of Sustainability, Grosvenor Rural Estates
Peggy Nolan Freelance cellist, educator and researcher
Richard Sheldon KC Barrister, South Square, Gray's Inn; deputy High Court Judge (retired)
Nick Trygstad Head of Strings, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Helen Wallace Head of Music, Barbican Centre
This season, Manchester Collective is:
Artistic Director Rakhi Singh
Bass Guitar Alan Keary
Cello Christian Elliott, Peggy Nolan, Hannah Roberts, Abel Selaocoe, Nick Trygstad
Composer Nabihah Iqbal, Laurence Osborn, Héloïse Werner
Conductor Duncan Ward
Design Tim Kliendienst (Alphabet Studio)
Double Bass Diane Clark, Alice Durrant
Film Bryony Simcox & George Webster (Broaden), Mike Skelton
Live electronics Clark, Zubin Kanga
Percussion Elsa Bradley, Sidiki Dembele, Alexej Gerassimez, Harry Percy, Beibei Wang
Photography Charles Leek, Mike Skelton
Piano Vijay Iyer, Zubin Kanga
Sound Joe Reiser
Viola Ruth Gibson, Alex Mitchell, Alistair Vennart
Violin Ellie Consta, Carol Ella, Donald Grant, Jonathan Martindale, Will Newell, Bridget O'Donnell, Marie Schreer, Rakhi Singh, Simmy Singh, Eva Thorarinsdottir, Lily Whitehurst
Words Hugh Morris
Past collaborators
Accordion Charles Kieny
African Percussion Sidiki Dembele, Yahael Onono
Artistic Direction Simon Buckley, Emma Doherty, Adam Szabo, Suzy Willson
Artwork Chris Alton, Sophie Broadgate, Simon Buckley, Helenskià Collett, Mary Griffiths, Courtney Hayles, Molly Major, Ella Skinner, CURRENTMOODGIRL
Bassoon Elena Comelli, Angharad Thomas
Celeste Katherine Tinker
Cello Jack Bailey, Marie Bitlloch, Nathaniel Boyd, Oliver Coates, James Conway, Abby Hayward, Will Hewer, Lili Holland-Fricke, Guy Johnston, Rebecca Knight, Waynne Kwon, Bartholomew LaFollette, Des Neysmith, Sinéad O’Halloran, Jonathan Pether, Clara Hope Simpson, Torun Stavseng, Adam Szabo, Stephanie Tress, Simon Turner, Joe Zeitlin
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Adam Szabo
Clarinet Emma Burgess, Sergio Castelló López, Anna Hashimoto, Fraser Langton, William White
Composer Katherine Balch, Huw Belling, Paul Clark, Erland Cooper, Daniel Elms, Sebastian Gainsborough, Alex Groves, Emily Hall, Oliver Leith, Fergus McCreadie, Kelly Moran, Moor Mother, Ben Nobuto, Hannah Peel, Lyra Pramuk, Abel Selaocoe, Rakhi Singh, Alistair Vennart, Freya Waley-Cohen, Isobel Waller-Bridge, Chris Watson, Alice Zawadzki
Conductor Timothy Burke
Design Helenskià Collett, Sara Merkaj, Alphabet Studio, Nia Thomas
Development Lauren Noel
Double Bass Sam Becker, Harvey Falla, Ben Griffiths, Stephen Henderson, Toby Hughes, Hugh Klüger, Misha Mullov-Abbado
Film Adam Blyth, Carlos Casas, Dan Parrott, Jessie Rodger, Lisa Thomson, Michelle Tofi, Clint Trofa
Flute Fiona Fulton, Alex Jakeman, Helen Wilson
Guest Director Max Baillie, Pekka Kuusisto, Abel Selaocoe
Guitar Sean Shibe
Harmonium Victor Lim
Harp Céline Saout
Harpsichord Harvey Davies, Mahan Esfahani
Horn Ben Hulme
Lighting Jasmine Hewitt
Marketing Will Baldwin-Pask
Movement Blackhaine
Oboe Rachael Clegg
Percussion Joby Burgess, Delia Stevens, Dudù Kouate, Alan Taylor
Photography Gaëlle Beri, Brandina Chisambo, Camilla Greenwell, Lucy McLachlan, Phil Sharp
Piano Katya Apekisheva, Jayson Gillham, Richard Jones, Fergus McCreadie, Simon Parkin, Siwan Rhys, Andy Stamatakis-Brown, Kathryn Stotto, Adam Swayne, Katherine Tinker, Fred Thomas, Chad Vindin, Kerry Yong
Pipes & Percussion Poul Høxbro
Presenter Elizabeth Alker, Tom Redmond
Producer Martin Atkinson, Steph Clarke, Kate Green
Sound Jamie Birkett, Rob Kelledy, Alex Miller, Tomoya Forster, Valgeir Sigurðsson
Trombone Tom Berry
Trumpet Richard Blake
Viola Christine Anderson, India Blackshaw-Britton, Nick Bootiman, Lisa Bucknell, Hélène Clément, Carol Ella, Kimi Makino, Martin Schaefer, Kay Stephen, Simone van der Giessen, Alistair Vennart
Viola da Gamba Kate Conway
Violin Rosemary Attree, Julian Azkoul, Max Baillie, Gemma Bass, Zahra Benyounes, Zoë Beyers, Sarah Brandwood-Spencer, Helena Buckie, Ellie Consta, Hannah Dawson, Dylan Edge, Nathan Fenwick, Lyn Fletcher, Doriane Gable, Thomas Gould, Jack Greed, Thelma Handy, Martyn Jackson, Natalie Klouda, Pete Liang, Will McGahon, Emily Nebel, Tom Pigott-Smith, Steve Proctor, Magdalena Riedl, Julia Sandros-Alper, Sini Simonen, Paula Smart, Jonathan Stone, Kate Suthers, Sophie Szabo, Anna Tulchinskaya, Darius Thompson, Andra Vornicu, Sara Wolstenholme, Mollie Wrafter
Voice Fleur Barron, Lotte Betts-Dean, Katie Bray, Hugh Cutting, Ruby Hughes, Declan Pleydell, Mitch Riley, SANSARA, Nichla Smith, Huw Thomas, Héloïse Werner, Alice Zawadzki
Words Isabel Armitage, Mymona Bibi, Christ Bryan, Jess Coulson, Avery Dire, Ahisha Ghafoor, Vivien Holmes, Lucy Holt, David Pountney, Joe Ronan, Carina Simi, Nia Thomas, Pierce Wilcox
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